Victor Ganata

Again, just silliness, rabbits are trapped, not run down. "The anthropologist Bruce Latimer has pointed out that the fastest human being on the planet can’t catch up to your average rabbit" While the article may contribute to a veg vs meat eater discussion, it doesn't have much to say on the paleo front. We know what they didn't eat. They didn't eat sugar, wheat, or processed foods. - Todd Hoff

Hey, I get it, we live in a capitalist society, after all. Gotta make that paper. - Victor Ganata

lol - Victor Ganata

remove the s from https and it will display here. - Big Joe Silenced

Thanks! I always forget - Victor Ganata

"Ellipsis. Defective, oval punctuation mark, sometimes mistakenly tripled by idiots. Usually used to mark out oral sex scenes involving psychiatrists. Also, occasionally, in epic space operas. Do not get this as a tattoo.
" - Victor Ganata

"I came away from my meeting with this famous climate skeptic feeling pretty depressed. What I had seen was a scientist whose work, in my opinion, was simply not very good. That, on its own, is no big deal. There are lots of scientists whose work is not very good — and some people may even think my science should be included in that list." - Victor Ganata

"But Soon's little string of papers were being heralded in the highest courts of public opinion as a significant blow to everyone else's understanding of Earth's climate. From TV studios to the halls of Congress, we were being told his was world-shaking research of the highest caliber, and that we had to take notice." - Victor Ganata

"From what I saw and learned that day, the truth wasn't anywhere close. That was what made it all so depressing. For an issue so important to all of us, the standards should be a lot higher." - Victor Ganata

I did kind of want to start shopping at JC Penney, though. - Victor Ganata

Might this describe it? http://youtu.be/8yteMugRAc0 - Julian

yup - Victor Ganata

"For more of these entertaining but ridiculous correlations see http://www.tylervigen.com/ ) - Victor Ganata

I love that site! - April Russo (FForever!)

"I was having this exact discussion with another friend who referred to West as a talentless 'C list celebrity.' His argument against all the critical plaudits and peer respect was that 'all art is subjective.' Which is a pretty lousy way to try to win a debate. 'All art is subjective' allows a proud parent to say his or her kid’s finger painting is better than anything Picasso ever did simply because they feel that way." - Victor Ganata

"Hip hop is more than a short-term trend. It has been every bit as revolutionary and socially significant as punk, alternative, psychedelia, or any other off shoot form of popular music. Arguably more so. Besides, is a synthesizer or a drum machine any more ridiculous as an instrument than a jug or a washboard? How about that bucket a kid turned over and started hitting with a drumstick while busking down in the New York subway? I would submit that if it makes a sound it can be an instrument." - Victor Ganata

https://www.youtube.com/watch... - Andrew C (✔)

Wait, that's not what the character in Popeye is supposed to be, right? - Victor Ganata

Sure, emotional states definitely modulate pain sensation, but it's still important to remember that neuropathic and psychiatric pain are real physical pain, and that there isn't really a mind/body dichotomy. - Victor Ganata

I think it's possible to get too reductive on this. Pain's all in our head, yes. So's hunger signals, but if you don't eat you eventually die. Just because it's in our head, it's still at some level "real." - Stephen Mack

I'd hope that this would lead to some better pain treatments, and better patient interactions - knowing that someone's emotional state can make a large difference in the amount of pain that they feel means that it isn't something that can be ignored or brushed aside. - Jennifer Dittrich

"That suggests that at least some people can teach their brains how to filter out things like chronic pain, perhaps through meditation, Jones says." I hate this langauge. One doesn't "filter out" chronic pain. I've used meditation and relaxation techniques for years to/mitigate/ chronic pain. It doesn't all get blocked, though. According to what is said earlier in the piece, the non emotional part of the pain still is there. And keeping calm and relaxed all the time in of itself is exhausting and impossible. Add in the innate physical and emotional tolls of chronic pain, it is a difficult cycle to fight. - Michael W. May

Excellent. This is what many black people have been saying for years. I don't even like West's music all that much, but his critiques are almost always right. As for me, I've always found amusement in white people who have something to say about Kanye. It's clear most of them have never heard his music. Most of them listen to exceptionally shitty white musicians who stole from black musicians. Most of them don't even realize how racist they sound when they criticize him. Just look at comments made here about him; white women practically pissing their pants when it seems like some other person is knocking him down a peg. Gee. How original. They don't seem to understand that to people like Kanye (me, okay), childish pranks and saying shit to the media, but not to his face makes them look even sadder and proves his point. - Anika

This goes well with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - April Russo (FForever!)

You want more details, watch the video I linked to. - April Russo (FForever!)

too cute! - AHnix (Anna Haro)

"A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins University announced Monday that a five-year study examining the link between polyphenols and lower cholesterol rates has found jack shit." - Victor Ganata

Er... - Pete's Got To Go

Um - Todd Hoff

My odds are on Leisure World, Seal Beach. - Micah

Uh-oh? - Anne Bouey

Expect belfies by the end of the month :) - Eivind

"I have no idea why he has agreed to this interview with Red Rag – he must have had his people research our political leanings, and he knows we’re looking through his financial records, which are murky and confusing, just like Grey Holdings itself. Nobody’s ever been sure what the company actually does. They prefer to focus on Christian Grey’s tight abs and storm-grey eyes. But I can’t get excited over someone whose precise methods of profiting from the alienated labour of god knows how many low-waged staff still need investigating." - Victor Ganata

"'Say it again, bourgeois scum!' 'The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggle!' He’s so freaking hot when he’s quoting Marx. 'No,' I say, tweaking Christian’s nipple-clamps, and I smile. 'Say the other thing.' 'SAFE, SANE AND CONSENSUAL!' He screams." - Victor Ganata

"Instead of reduction in fractures, study suggests higher risk of heart disease, cancer" - Victor Ganata

"In addition, excessive milk drinking appeared to actually increase a woman's risk of broken bones, compared with women who drank little milk. The risk of any bone fracture increased 16 percent in women who drank three or more glasses daily, and the risk of a broken hip increased 60 percent, the findings indicated." - Victor Ganata

Joseph Campbell's lecture series about our deep-seated Gigertypes was really informative in that regard. - Stephen Mack

kind of nuts out there today, melty hot - Steve C, Team Marina

Here too - Todd Hoff

Apparently the West Coast funneled away what little remaining heat we have here on the East Coast. ;-p - rønin

If I was in LA today I would be probably furious at the heat. - Andrew C (✔)